The Kaguya mission to the Moon lifted off on Friday 14 September 2007 at 10:32 local time (03:32 CET) from the Japanese Space Centre. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is one of the scientific partners in this project, also known as "SELENE" (SELenological and ENgineering Explorer).

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